FairWeatherFan

Most of the leagues at this level do have something like this in the rulebook. While there can be variance. Often with the agreement of both parties. Everyone knows that Saturdays are expected to be the norm.

Not really sure the Junior Cup could be made mandatory without fundamentally changing the competition. Right now its a cup open to members that pay fees or guests who pay a fee. I'd say the SCC has been quite transparent about the fact it doesn't have a pot to piss in. Originally, the home teams kept the gate until the final where the competition committee took everything. Which is how they would fund the travel expenses. That was changed to a 50/50 split after match official costs and then still take everything from the final. The Junior Cup had its old guarantee model that it was losing money on, that took a third from the semis and final. Which has seen the switch to prize money, bringing back two-legged semi-finals, taking 15% from every game now, and 60% from semi-finals, who knows what from the final. Its still to be seen if they're onto a money loser. The course correction then is either lowering prize money or gouging participants for more money. Its a situation that's only really tenable due to whatever cash reserves the SJFA has, same with the £400 to every member that complete fixtures the other season.

Guessing they got a deal on it.

Its a problem across the non-league at the moment. SJFA, SCC, WoSFL, and Lowland seem to have all set their finals at Broadwood for the foreseeable future.

I would have said even 300ish was good for a final with EK in it and played at Broadwood. Doubling it's not too bad by LL standards. Its just a shame its in a ground ten times the size.

No idea. Its a few years old now and if it is dependent on personal preferences those can change or the people move on. Problem with ideas like regionalisation or returning to the Juniors. Is that overall its probably just a vocal minority wearing rose tinted specs. So it just lingers there. No one can explain what a Juniors return really is and trying to split 3rd/4th Divisions into North/South wouldn't make most clubs happy.

The way I remember it. I believe Colin Boyd when he was active on here confirmed it around the time. EDIT: to add

Different things to different people I suppose. Most of it revolving around nostalgia. Some think getting everyone back in the Junior Cup would restore its standing. The region wide divisions weren't exactly the most popular at the lower of the scale and only had a season and a half under the Junior banner. Its probably seen as more of a pyramid creation. Especially when the response to regionalising at the bottom was that the SFA wouldn't allow it. The influx of "Div 4" type clubs are even more off putting.

In one of his podcast appearances he talked about how there were 20 that had asked him to bring back the West Region. That would have been around 2 years ago when there was the attempt at a new version of the Junior Cup that would give out £80k prize money. Something that got a lot of attention, but no substance as there was no money behind it. It was just numbers plucked from thin air.

Tranent win the Lowland League Cup on penalties 5-4, after finishing 2-2.

He has done quite a few over the years now. Don't think any of his plans have really paid off at this point.

I could see that happening, but I saw it mentioned that the main club doesn't really put much money into the South side. Maybe more that the reserves would be cannibalised considering the player market they'd be operating under outside the SPFL.

They could have stayed in the West Region. Junior football may well have ended up being Ayrshire, Central, East, North. As we've seen the North and Midlands are happy with the status quo or will still float the 'Central League' idea so the old East teams get away from the Highland League. Its now a case of the "senior/pyramid' minded don't have anywhere else to go as the SFA or other Lowland area leagues aren't going to sanction another West league.

There seems to be an attempt to make it optional within the WoSFL constitution. That doesn't mean that the Lowland, EoSFL, or SoSFL would accept the situation. Which brings you to the typical impasse seen when the PWG was a thing.

local I'm sure the self-preservation mix of clubs will be thrilled by Stranraer coming down though. As they won't upset the status quo too much.

They do have some oversight of the North Region and Midlands. Still find it funny that TJ would get stick for being a paid employee and those taking over when he left wouldn't be taking on that role, hence the COO. Now the board are probably sharing close to his salary anyway despite doing less work with less revenue.

Qtr exit - 2k Round of 16 exit - 500 Round of 32 exit - 100 Thats potentially from wikipedia. Always be a bit wary of that. 2022 SJC final was said to have roughly 3500 from the SJFA COO Yet wikipedia with no sources has found an extra thousand from somewhere.

The SJFA now have to cover £53,600 in actual prize money. Since we know they were losing money with the old model of just covering the semi-final and final guarantees. Time's going to tell if they're onto a money loser with this version.

Losing semi-finalists get £5k each. Runners up will be £10k and winners £20k.

The WoS Board did try and float the idea of making the Premier all licensed or certainly aim for that standard. Don't think it even went to a vote as they knew it wasn't popular enough to pass. They're certainly trying for that. Its just there's no teeth to it.

Unless there's wider changes we already know what the ceiling is, Tier 6. Unless they want to pay the fees to the LL. EDIT: This is more of a trivial side-note. Would this be Livingston joining the EoSFA and enter the City Cup?

Think most of it was about Alex McDowall potentially becoming the WoSFL Chair.

It has been said if Stirling Uni were relegated from the LL, that the EoS team basically folds. One league = one team. A Gala team increases the chances of that scenario happening sooner than later. Is there any rule changes on that front?

There's been attempts at changing things but they never went anywhere.

Stirling Uni never resigned as members of the EoSFL when the Lowland League started. It was never a case of being voted in. Selkirk would try in 2014 and lost out on a 50-50 vote (no Chair pushing it through like the LL votes). Don't think there were any after Selkirk until Edinburgh City tried to get in, but they still hadn't resolved the Meadowbank situation. The uncertainty on where they would play I believe meant it never got to the point of a vote.